United States of America v. JOSE ANTONIO GONZALEZ- VALENCIA, AKA Jose Antonio Valencia Gonzalez

FOR PUBLICATION
UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,
Plaintiff-Appellant,
v.
JOSE ANTONIO GONZALEZ-
VALENCIA, AKA Jose Antonio
Valencia Gonzalez,
Defendant-Appellee.
No. 19-30222
D.C. No. 1:18-cr-
02044-SAB-1
ORDER
Appeal from the United States District Court
for the Eastern District of Washington
Stanley A. Bastian, Chief District Judge, Presiding
Argued and Submitted December 7, 2020
San Francisco, California
Filed February 28, 2023
Before: Danny J. Boggs,* Milan D. Smith, Jr., and Mark J.
Bennett, Circuit Judges.
* The Honorable Danny J. Boggs, United States Circuit Judge for the
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit, sitting by designation.

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SUMMARY**
Criminal Law
In light of the intervening decision in United States v.
Bastide-Hernandez, 39 F.4th 1187 (9th Cir. 2022) (en banc),
cert. denied, No. 22-6281, 2023 WL 350056 (U.S. Jan. 23,
2023), the panel filed an order (1) vacating its opinion in
United States v. Gonzalez-Valencia, 3 F.4th 1208 (9th Cir.
2021), reversing the district court's dismissal of the
indictment, and remanding for further proceedings
consistent with Bastide-Hernandez; (2) denying a petition
for panel rehearing; and (3) denying on behalf of the court a
petition for rehearing en banc.
COUNSEL
Richard C. Burson (argued), Assistant United States
Attorney; William D. Hyslop, United States Attorney;
Office of the United States Attorney; Yakima, Washington;
for Plaintiff-Appellant.
Paul E. Shelton (argued), Federal Defenders of Eastern
Washington and Idaho, Yakima, Washington, for
Defendant-Appellee.
** This summary constitutes no part of the opinion of the court. It has
been prepared by court staff for the convenience of the reader.

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ORDER
In light of the intervening en banc decision in United
States v. Bastide-Hernandez, 39 F.4th 1187 (9th Cir. 2022)
(en banc), cert. denied, No. 22-6281, 2023 WL 350056 (U.S.
Jan. 23, 2023), we vacate our opinion in United States v.
Gonzalez-Valencia, 3 F.4th 1208 (9th Cir. 2021), reverse the
district court’s dismissal of the indictment, and remand for
proceedings consistent with Bastide-Hernandez.
With this order, the panel unanimously votes to deny the
petition for panel rehearing. Judge M. Smith and Judge
Bennett vote to deny the petition for rehearing en banc, and
Judge Boggs so recommends. The full court has been
advised of the petition for rehearing en banc, and no judge
requested a vote on whether to rehear the matter en banc.
Fed. R. App. P. 35. The petition for panel rehearing and
rehearing en banc, filed August 3, 2021, is DENIED. No
further petitions for panel rehearing or rehearing en banc will
be entertained.
REVERSED and REMANDED.

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